Today afternoon the delegation of Arsenal Tula came to Moscow. After the accommodation and rest our tomorrow opponent went to USH CSKA for 2-hour practice.
Two tours to the end of the regular championship in the Superleague Arsenal is fighting vs. Lokomotiv Rostov for the 8th place which is giving last pass to play-off. Team from Tula has to play against CSKA and Lokomotiv Novosibirsk while last opponent of Rostov team is Ural-Great Perm.
On March, 4 the head coach of Arsenal Anatoly Myshkin was retired. Now the second coach of the team Boris Mikhailov is act as a head coach. Igors Miglinieks, Olympic champion-88 became the sport director of the team. Before the practice he agreed to answer several questions for our site.
How did you come to Arsenal?
- After New Year my agent started to search for a work for me. Last time I worked in sport school. I had several proposes. The director of Arsenal Andrey Fursov offered me to come to Tula and I agreed to try. When the regular championship will be over, we will discuss our next plans.
How do you see your professional future?
- I like coaching work very much. I really love it. Last 8 years I worked as a coach in Latvia, Poland, Ukraine, now in Russia.
What can you say about Arsenal chances to move to play-off?
- Recently we won very important game against Avtodor Saratov. We need to win home game against Lokomotiv Saratov. After tomorrow game we will have one week to prepare to the last tour. I think that victory in this game will give us pass to play-off.
Who are most dangerous players in CSKA on your opinion?
- Of course, Marcus Brown is the best in the offense. I like your Greece guard Theodoros Papaloukas who is very good team players. Mirsad Turkcan is European Rodman who is fighting for every rebound. All players are very good, all of them have their strong sides. CSKA is very good team of European class.
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